US 12,245,627 B2
Oral pouched product
My Ly Lao Stahl, Vejle Ost (DK); Heidi Ziegler Bruun, Vejle Ost (DK); Bruno Provstgaard Nielsen, Vejle Ost (DK); Jesper Neergaard, Aabenraa (DK); and Bine Hare Jakobsen, Ry (DK)
Assigned to PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Filed by PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A., Neuchatel (CH)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/847,731.
Application 17/847,731 is a continuation of application No. 17/048,058, granted, now 11,399,562, previously published as PCT/DK2020/050161, filed on Jun. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. PA201900698 (DK), filed on Jun. 7, 2019; application No. PA201970610 (DK), filed on Sep. 30, 2019; application No. PA201970611 (DK), filed on Sep. 30, 2019; and application No. PA201970612 (DK), filed on Sep. 30, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0322727 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61K 9/00 (2006.01); A24B 13/00 (2006.01); A24B 15/16 (2020.01); A24B 15/24 (2006.01); A24B 15/30 (2006.01); A24B 15/32 (2006.01); A24B 15/38 (2006.01); A24B 15/40 (2006.01); A24B 15/42 (2006.01); A61K 31/465 (2006.01)
CPC A24B 15/16 (2013.01) [A24B 13/00 (2013.01); A24B 15/243 (2013.01); A24B 15/302 (2013.01); A24B 15/303 (2013.01); A24B 15/32 (2013.01); A24B 15/385 (2013.01); A24B 15/403 (2013.01); A24B 15/42 (2013.01); A61K 9/006 (2013.01); A61K 9/009 (2013.01); A61K 31/465 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
 
1. An oral pouched product, comprising:
a saliva permeable pouch; and
a non-tobacco pouch composition,
the pouch composition comprising
heat-treated fibers,
nicotine in an amount of 0.1-5.0% by weight of the pouch composition,
water in an amount of 20-40% by weight of the pouch composition,
at least one sugar alcohol in an amount of 10-60% by weight of the pouch composition, wherein the at least one sugar alcohol comprises a direct compressible (DC) grade sugar alcohol, and
preservative in an amount of less than 0.5% by weight of the pouch composition, the preservative being selected from sorbic acid and its salts, benzoic acid and its salts, sulfur dioxide salts, nitrate salts, nitrite salts, acetic acid and its salts, lactic acid and its salts, malic acid and its salts.